英語經典勵志小故事

  有很多英語小故事都是很經典的,包含著許多人生道理,那麼都有哪些呢?一起來看看吧。

  :兩隻猴子

  Two Little Monkeys

  The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.

  One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came,running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.

  After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.

  兩隻猴子

  猴媽媽生了兩個猴子。她喜歡年幼的小猴子而不喜歡年長的大猴子。

  一天,他們正在森林裡玩的時候,一隻狼來了並向他們撲去。猴子匆忙帶著小猴子跑了,單獨留下大猴子。她跑著小猴子爬到樹上。

  過些時候,狼慢慢地離開了。母猴從他的懷裡放下小猴子。她吃驚的發現猴寶寶已經死了,因為小猴子在她的懷裡被摟地太緊了。過了很長時間,她才想起去尋找那隻大猴子。大猴子藏在一個大洞裡,他救了自己。

  :那不是我的狗

  That Is Not My Dog!

  A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cute little dog. She asks the shopkeeper, “Does your dog bite?”

  The shopkeeper says, “No, my dog does not bite.”

  The woman tries to pet the dog and the dog bites her.

  “Ouch!” She says, “I thought you said your dog does not bite!”

  The shopkeeper replies, “That is not my dog!”

  那不是我的狗

  一個婦人走進一家寵物店,看見一隻很可愛的小狗。她問店主:“你的狗咬人嗎?”

  店主說:“不,我的狗不咬人。”

  於是這個婦人試著撫摸小狗,可是小狗卻咬了她。

  “哎喲!”婦人說,“我想你剛才還說你的狗不咬人。”

  店主人回答說:“那不是我的狗。”

  :晒冰

  Sun the Ice

  Once, a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice.

  Two hours later, he didn’t come back.

  She wanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.

  “What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don’t you bring it in?”

  “I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so I’m running it dry.” The simpleton answered.

  晒冰

  從前有一個笨人的妻子讓她的丈夫買幾塊冰。

  兩個小時後,他還沒回來。

  她想知道他為什麼沒回來,就出去看,發現她的丈夫在門口站著,在太陽下晒冰,看著冰融化。

  她問他:“怎麼啦?你為什麼不把它拿進來?”

  “我看見冰是溼的,恐怕你會訓斥我,因此,我正在把它晒乾。”笨人回答道。